Su Nan-cheng explained

Su Nan-cheng
Nationality:Taiwanese
Order1:Mayor of Kaohsiung
Term Start1:30 May 1985
Term End1:15 June 1990
Predecessor1:Hsu Shui-teh
Successor1:Wu Den-yih
Order2:Mayor of Tainan
Term Start2:20 December 1977
Term End2:30 May 1985
Predecessor2:Chang Li-tang
Successor2:Chen Kuei-miao (acting)
Lin Wen-hsiung
Birth Date:14 January 1936
Birth Place:Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Death Place:Tainan, Taiwan
Party:Kuomintang
(1952 – 1972; 1982 – 1999)
Alma Mater:National Cheng Kung University
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Accountant

Su Nan-cheng (; 14 January 1936 – 2 September 2014) was a Taiwanese politician and Senior Advisor to ROC President Chen Shui-bian.[1] He was a mayor of Tainan, serving from 1977 to 1985, and an appointed mayor of Kaohsiung, serving from 1985 to 1990. He was the speaker of the ROC National Assembly in 1999. Su was in the Kuomintang and was part of the faction that supported the Taiwanese localization movement. He was expelled from the KMT twice: first in 1972 for violating a party resolution and running for Tainan City Mayor as an independent; second in 1999 for forwarding a term-extension amendment in the National Assembly against party orders.[2] In 2003, Su openly supported DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian in the 2004 presidential election.[3]

Tainan mayoralty

Su was elected the mayor of Tainan in 1976 as an independent candidate. In 1981, he was nominated by the Kuomintang to run again and was re-elected. He served from 1977 to 1985, until he was appointed the mayor of Kaohsiung. During his term as Tainan mayor, he was recognized by the Ramon Magsaysay Award.[4] He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Tainan in 2001 as an independent candidate, and was elected a city council member instead.[5]

He died of heart failure in 2014.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/201409025010-1.aspx. zh:蘇南成病逝 疑心衰竭. 2 September 2014. Central News Agency. Chinese. 27 September 2014.
  2. News: Chen . Lauren . KMT confirms former Assembly Speaker must go . Taipei Times . 31 Oct 1999 . 1.
  3. http://www.ettoday.com/2003/12/14/11093-1557510.htm "大選/前後任三縣長挺扁 蘇南成:支持扁延續本土政權"
  4. http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/index.php?year=1980 The Ramon Magsaysay Awardees by Year – 1980's
  5. News: Huang . Sandy . Su Nan-cheng stages political comeback . Taipei Times . 27 Jan 2002 . 3.